Pulivendula

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Pulivendula
—  village  —
Pulivendula
Location of Pulivendula
in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates 14°25′00″N 78°14′00″E / 14.4167°N 78.2333°E / 14.4167; 78.2333Coordinates: 14°25′00″N 78°14′00″E / 14.4167°N 78.2333°E / 14.4167; 78.2333
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District(s) YSR
Subdistrict(s) Pulivendla
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

• Elevation

• 272 metres (892 ft)

Pulivendula, also known as Pulivendla is a town, a mandal and a Municipality in YSR district, Andhra Pradesh, India.[1]

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[edit] Geography

Pulivendla is located at 14°25′00″N 78°14′00″E / 14.4167°N 78.2333°E / 14.4167; 78.2333.[2] It has an average elevation of 272 meters (895 feet).

[edit] Major features

It is a fast developing town in the district with a population of more than 1,00,000. This is the most popular town in YSR Kadapa district and state as well for its political background.

Late chiefminister Dr.Y.S.RAJASEKHARREDDY was elected 6 times MLA from pulivendula.

y.s.jaganmohanreddy m.p kadapa & president of ysrcongress party was key role to establis new companies in pulivedula area

C.C.Reddy, founder of Visu Consultants, who holds a key role in Andhra Pradesh government in getting foreign investments, hails from this town.

The climate is temperate and the land is fertile. Commercial crops like sunflower, ground nuts, banana, sweet lemon and lime are grown in surrounding villages. Bananas and sweet lemons are exported to the states of Assam, Maharastra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

The town's main drinking water resource is Chitravati Dam, Parnapalli.

Ranganatha temple, which was built by kings of Vijaya nagara Dynasty), Bhavani gudi, Saibaba Temple and Ammavarisala Mitta Malleswara swamy temple are the main temples.[{Ghudu saheb Dastagir saheb House}]a famous singer and radio artist and close aid to ." Y.S Raja Reddy. {Jamia Masjid.}

Small and Medium Industries like textile industries has been established in the town along with the Indira Gandhi Institute for Agricultural Research and JNTUA College of Engineering , Pulivendula

There has been more new projects like School and Hostel for the poor people has been started. Tourist spots like Silparamam has been built in outer ring road. One of the prestigious project to solve the water problem in surrounding areas is Chitravathi Balancing Reservoir Right main Canal (Lingala Canal) having length of 56.00 km starting from Parnapalli Chitravathi Dam to Vemula village serving 59,400 acres ayacut of irrigation facilities and 29 villages are benefited. This project has started on 2004 and planned to complete by 2011. This project was done by one of the leading infrastructure company in India MAYTAS INFRA LTD. now changed as IL&FS Engineering Services the cost of the project is 320 crores. The project office located in ayyavarithota near ippatla village (7 km from Pulivendula towards parnapalli)

The film stars Padma Nabham, famous comedian (Simhadripuram) B.Nagi Reddy (yeddulayyagari Kottapalli) are from this town. Nagi Reddy also set up Vijaya Studios in Chennai. He also established the children's magazine Chandamama. B.N.Reddy who started vahini films and studio at Chennai is from this place.

Nearest locations of attraction are Ranganatha Swami Temple, well known for tirunala, Namalagundu, piligrim centre of lord shiva, Achavelli Gangamma Temple, about 5 km from town, Sangameswara temple in Animela, triveni sangamam,Mopuri Bhairaveshwara Temple in Kondreddy Palli which is located on the top of the hill constructed by Vijaya Nagara Kings. Mopuri Bhairaveshwara Temple is well known for the "REDDY" community called "DONTHI REDDY"[(DONTHI REDDY ESWAR REDDY)] & their hereditary belongs to nearby villages like "GOTUR"... The exact location of this Vijaya Nagara Kings temple is at Nalla Cheruvu Palli.

[edit] Educational institutions

  • College Of Engineering, Jahwaharal Nehru Technological University Anantapur
  • Loyola Polytechnic ( 'Y.S.R.R )(1993)
  • Loyola Y.S. Raja Reddy Degree And P.G College(1993)
  • Loyoly Y.S. Raja Reddy College of computer sciences
  • B.K.R.M Junior And Degree College
  • Y.S.R.R ITI College
  • Govt. Junior College at Muddanur Road, Pulivendula
  • Sri Saradha Nilayam High School, Brahana Palli Road
  • Sree Swamy Vivekananda English Medium School
  • Nagarjuna High School(1991)
  • Nadagowda High School
  • Vidhyadarsini school and Jr college- Great school and college in 1990's, now it was closed
  • Rishi vidya nikethan English Medium School
  • Aurobindo English Medium High School
  • Nalanda English Medium School
  • Ravindranath High School
  • Venkatepa Memorial English Medium School(Y.S.R.R)(2007)
  • Loyola College(mca)2007
  • Narmada High School
  • Sarada School
  • Ramanappa Satharam School
  • Vidyodaya School
  • Pushpagiri School
  • Saraswathi vidya mandir
  • Adarsha school
  • Ravitheja School
  • Narayana School
  • Sri Mitta Malleswara Swamy Oriental High School.
  • Sri Sarada High School(PWD COLONY)
  • Indira Gandhi Centre for Agricultural Research and Livestock(IGCARL)
  • SRI ITIKALA HUSSAIN HIGH SCHOOL, GOPIVIHAR STREET,
  • SRI BABUJI HIGH SCHOOL, PULIVENDULA (VILL & MNDL)
  • SRI SREENIVASA ABYUDAYA HIGH SCHOOL, NAGARIGUTTA STREET
  • NIVEDITA VIDYASALA HIGH SCHOOL, PULIVENDULA (VILL & MNDL)
  • St Ann's English Medium School, Pulivendula
  • Sri chaitanya techno school,pulivendula

[edit] Assembly Constituency[3]

Pulivendla is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.

[edit] Uranium mining

On Aug. 23, 2007, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) gave its approval for setting up of a uranium mine and processing plant at Mabbuchintalapalli-Tummalapalle, about 15 km south of Pulivendula, at a total cost of 11.06 billion rupees ($269.9 million). The plant will be set up by the Uranium Corporation of India. Foundation stone was laid on 20 November 2007 by Late Dr Y. S. Rajashekar Reddy garu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The mine is likely to be commissioned within 30 months and the processing plant in 36 months.[4][5]

Huge deposits of natural uranium, which promises to be one of the top 20 of the world's reserves, have been found in the Tummalapalle belt in the southern part of the Kadapa basin in Andhra Pradesh in March 2011.

The Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) of India, which explores uranium in the country, has so far discovered 44,000 tonnes of natural uranium (U3O8) in just 15 line km of the 160-km long belt.

[edit] Theatres

  • Maruthi DTS
  • Sujatha A/C
  • Lakshmi DTS
  • Raghavendra DTS
  • Srinivasa DTS
  • Rajyalakshmi DTS

[edit] COMPANIES

  • Govindraju textiles
  • Samyu glass factory
  • Bharathi Polymers
  • Cotton Textiles
  • IVRCL(vetarnety hospital)
  • Solar Batteries

[edit] References

  1. ^ "List of Sub-Districts". Census of India. http://www.censusindia.gov.in/. Retrieved 2007-05-22. 
  2. ^ Falling Rain Genomics.Pulivendla
  3. ^ http://partyanalyst.com/constituencyPageAction.action?constituencyId=251
  4. ^ "New Uranium Mining Projects - India". http://www.wise-uranium.org/upin.html#PULIVENDULA. Retrieved 2007-10-25. 
  5. ^ "India". http://www.uic.com.au/nip45.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-25. 
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